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It is down to the wire on Mueller Investigation & Resistance gearing up for massive rallies & NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW—MUELLER FIRING RAPID RESPONSE 18MAR18

THE RESISTANCE has pledged over the past few months to take action if the drumpf/trump-pence administration fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Here is an update on the plans at locations across the country (updates available here), if you want to pledge your support  and sign up click the link below.

NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW—MUELLER FIRING RAPID RESPONSE

Donald Trump is publicly considering firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the person leading the Department of Justice investigation of possible criminal actions by Donald Trump and members of his presidential campaign, as well as the efforts to conceal those activities. 

It's also possible that, rather than firing Mueller, Trump will obstruct Mueller's investigation by issuing blanket pardons of key figures being investigated, firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (the person overseeing Mueller), or taking other actions to prevent the investigation from being conducted freely.

Any one of these actions would create a constitutional crisis for our country. It would demand an immediate and unequivocal response to show that we will not tolerate abuse of power from Donald Trump.

Our response in the hours following a power grab will dictate what happens next and whether Congress—the only body with the constitutional power and obligation to rein Trump in from his rampage—will do anything to stand up to him. 

That's why we're preparing to hold emergency "Nobody is Above the Law" ralliesaround the country, in the event they are needed. 

Use the map or search below by ZIP code to find an event near you, or create one if none exists. 

Rallies will begin just hours after national events are triggered: 

• If actions are triggered BEFORE 2 p.m. local time —> events will begin @ 5 p.m. local time.
• If actions are triggered AFTER 2 p.m. local time —> events will begin @ noon local time the following day.

• This is the general plan—please confirm details on your event page, as individual hosts may tailor their events to their local plan.

This is our moment to stand up to protect our democracy. Let's mobilize to show that we won't let Donald Trump become the authoritarian that he aspires to be. The law applies to all of us, and it's essential that it also applies to the most powerful people in our country. 

Use the search tool to find an event near you, or create one if none exists. 

If you choose to attend an event, you agree to engage in nonviolent, peaceful action, to act lawfully, and to strive to de-escalate any potential confrontations with those who may disagree with our values.

 

Create an event in your area!

It is down to the wire on Mueller Investigation & Resistance gearing up for massive rallies.

I have a feeling the Mueller investigation is about to clash with the Trump Strongmen and women and America is about to find out what fighting for their democracy looks like.   I have no idea what Trump is likely to do nor congress.

“I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe’s boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier,” Dowd told the The Daily Beast in an email.

This all came after Trump received questions submitted to him by the Mueller Team

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I suspect the firings will be soon.  The Resistance is gearing up nation wide for a real Resistance.  Check here for locations.

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AK: Anchorage, Cordova, Fairbanks, Juneau, Palmer

• AL: Birmingham, Florence, Huntsville, Mobile, Tuscaloosa
• AR: Arkadelphia, Bentonville and Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Little Rock, Texarkana
• AZ: Flagstaff, Mesa, Payson, Phoenix, Prescott, Sedona, Show Low, Tucson, Winslow, Yuma
• CA: Alameda, Arcata, Auburn, Bakersfield, Beaumont, Berkeley, Bishop, Burbank, Calistoga, Cambria, Carlsbad, Castro Valley, Chico, Claremont, Colusa, Compton, El Cerrito, Escondido, Fort Bragg, Fresno, Grass Valley, Healdsburg, Irvine, La Quinta, Laguna Beach, Lakeport, Lancaster, Livermore, Long Beach, Los Altos, Los Angeles, Monterey, Napa, Oakland, Pacifica, Palm Springs, Palo Alto, Palos Verdes, Pasadena, Petaluma, Pittsburg, Placerville, Portola Valley, Quincy, Ramona, Rancho Cucamonga, Redding, Redlands, Ripon, Riverside, Roseville, Rowland Heights, Sacramento, San Diego, San Dimas, San Francisco, San Jose, San Leandro, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, San Rafael, San Ramon, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Clarita, Santa Cruz, Santa Monica, Santa Rosa, Sherman Oaks, Sierra Madre, Sonoma, Sonora, Stockton, Temecula, Torrance, Truckee, Ukiah, Vallejo, Venice, Ventura, Walnut Creek, West Hollywood, Westlake Village, Yorba Linda, Yucca Valley
• CO: Alamosa, Aspen, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Cortez, Denver, Durango, Edwards, Fort Collins, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, Gunnison, Lakewood, Longmont, Loveland, Pueblo, Salida, Steamboat Springs
• CT: Danbury, East Haddam, Hartford, Middletown, New Haven, New London, Norwalk, Willimantic
• DC: Washington, Washington, DC
• DE: Dover, Newark
• FL: Dade City, Daytona Beach, Doral, Dunedin, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fort Walton Beach, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Key Largo, Key West, Kissimmee, Leesburg, Marathon, Melbourne, Mount Dora, NORTH MIAMI, Naples, Ocala, Orlando, Palm Coast, Palm Harbor, Pembroke Pines, Pensacola, Port Richey, Punta Gorda, Saint Petersburg, Sarasota, Sebring, St. Augustine, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Winter Haven
• GA: Athens, Atlanta, Columbus, Greensboro, Macon, Savannah
• HI: Hilo, Honolulu, Kahului, Kailua-Kona, Lihue
• IA: Ames, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Decorah, Des Moines, Dubuque, Indianola, Iowa City, Sioux City
• ID: Boise, Idaho Falls, Ketchum, Idaho, Pocatello, Sandpoint
• IL: Arlington Heights, Aurora, Barrington, Bloomington, Carbondale, Champaign, Charleston, Chicago, Crystal Lake, DeKalb, Deer Park, Dixon, Effingham, Elgin, Elmhurst, Evanston, Frankfort, Galesburg, Glenview, Highland Park, Joliet, Kankakee, Libertyville, Macomb, Maryville, Naperville, Ottawa, Peoria, Rock Island, Rockford, Springfield, St Charles, West Chicago, Woodstock
• IN: Bloomington, Columbus, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Hammond, Indianapolis, Kokomo, Lafayette, Muncie, South Bend, Terre Haute
• KS: Lawrence, Manhattan, Topeka, Wichita
• KY: Bowling Green, Covington, Danville, Elizabethtown, Georgetown, Hopkinsville, Lexington, Louisville, Morehead, Owensboro, Paducah
• LA: Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, Metairie, New Orleans, Ruston, Shreveport
• MA: Amherst, Andover, Belchertown, Boston, Bridgewater, Concord, Fall River, Falmouth, Framingham, Gloucester, Greenfield, Haverhill, Ipswich, Lowell, New Bedford, Newburyport, Northampton, Orleans, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Reading, Rockport, Salem, Springfield, Stoughton/Canton/Sharon intersection, Worcester
• MD: Baltimore, Bel Air, Catonsville, Cumberland, Frederick, Rockville, Salisbury, Silver Spring
• ME: Augusta, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Belfast, Biddeford, Brunswick, Eastport, Houlton, KITTERY, Lewiston, Machias, Newcastle, Portland, Prospect Harbor, Rockland, South Paris
• MI: Adrian, Ann Arbor, Battle Creek, Brighton, Detroit, East Lansing, Ferndale, Flint, Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lennon, Manistee, Marquette, Petoskey, Royal Oak, Saginaw, Saline, Saugatuck, Traverse City, Troy, Ypsilanti
• MN: Bemidji, Burnsville, Duluth, Eden Prairie, Glenwood MN, Grand Marais, International Falls, Mankato, Minneapolis, Morris, Northfield, Rochester, Saint Cloud, Saint Joseph, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Virginia, Wadena, Willmar, Winona
• MO: Columbia, Jefferson City, Kansas City, Saint Louis, Springfield
• MS: Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Jackson, Starkville, Tupelo, University
• MT: Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Helena, Kalispell, Livingston, Missoula, Polson
• NC: Asheville, Black Mountain, Boone, Brevard, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, Morganton, Pittsboro, Raleigh, Southern Pines, Sylva, Waynesville, Wilmington
• ND: Bismarck, Fargo, Grand Forks
• NE: Alliance, Chadron, Grand Island, Hastings, Holdrege, Kearney, Lincoln, McCook, Norfolk, North Platte, O'Neill, Omaha, Peru, Scottsbluff, Wayne
• NH: Concord, Hanover, Keene, Littleton, Manchester, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Wilton
• NJ: Cherry Hill, Fair Lawn, Flemington, Freehold, Glen Rock, Marlton, Mays Landing, Morristown, New Brunswick, Newton, Ocean City, Red Bank, South Orange, Toms River, Trenton, Waldwick, Westfield, Westwood, Woodbury
• NM: Alamogordo, Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Los Alamos, Portales, Roswell, Santa Fe, Taos, Truth or Consequences
• NV: Carson City, Elko, Incline Village, Las Vegas, Minden, Reno
• NY: Albany, Auburn, Batavia, Beacon, Binghamton, Bronx, Buffalo, Canandaigua, Canton, Cobleskill, Corning, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo, Geneva, Glens Falls, Huntington Village, Ithaca, Jamestown, Kinderhook, Kingston, Lyons, Massapequa Park, Middletown, Mineola, Nanuet, New Hartford, New York, Newburgh, Oneonta, Patchogue, Peekskill, Plattsburgh, Port Jefferson Station, Riverhead, Rochester, Rockaway Park, Syracuse, Warwick, White Plains
• OH: Akron, Athens, Canton, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Lima, Mansfield, Norwalk, Oberlin, Toledo, Warren, Westerville, Wilmington, Wooster, Youngstown
• OK: Norman, Oklahoma City, Tulsa
• OR: Albany, Ashland, Astoria, Beaverton, Bend, Brookings, Coquille, Corvallis, Eugene, Florence, Fort Rock, Grants Pass, Hillsboro, Hood River, Klamath Falls, La Grande, Lake Oswego, McMinnville, Medford, Portland, Roseburg, Salem, Sherwood, The Dalles, Yachats
• PA: Abington, Allentown, Beaver, Bethlehem, Bloomsburg, Carlisle, Chesterbrook, Doylestown, Erie, Hanover, Harrisburg, Hershey, Hollidaysburg, Indiana, Kennett Square, Lancaster, Langhorne, Lewisburg, Meadville, Media, Milford, Mt Lebanon, Norristown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, Selinsgrove, Sharon, Stroudsburg, West Chester, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, York, state College
• PR: Mayaguez, San Juan
• RI: Providence, Westerly
• SC: Beaufort, Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Myrtle Beach, North Augusta, Rock Hill
• SD: Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Vermillion
• TN: Bristol, Buchanan, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Cookeville, Crossville, Greeneville, Jackson, Johnson City, Knoxville, Loudon, Memphis, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Sewanee
• TX: Amarillo, Athens, Austin, Beaumont, Brenham, Cedar Hill, College Station, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Denton, Edinburg, El Paso, Euless, Fort Worth, Frisco, Harlingen, Houston, Kerrville, Llano, Lubbock, Lufkin, Nacogdoches, Rockwall, San Antonio, Sherman, Stephenville, Tyler
• UT: Provo, Salt Lake City, St George
• VA: Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Glen Allen, Harrisonburg, Manassas, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Stafford, Staunton, Sterling, Tappahannock, Warrenton, Winchester, Woodstock
• VT: Burlington, Castleton, Manchester Center, Montpelier, Putney, Rutland, Springfield, Underhill
• WA: Bainbridge Island, Bellevue, Bellingham, Bremerton, Ellensburg, Issaquah, Langley, Lynnwood, Mount Vernon, North Bend, Ocean Shores, Okanogan, Olympia, Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Pullman, Puyallup, Richland, Sammamish, Seattle, Sequim, Shaw Island, Shoreline, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Vashon, Walla Walla, Wenatchee, Winthrop, Yakima, forks
• WI: Appleton, Eau Claire, Elkhorn, Fond du Lac, Hudson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Madison, Mauston, Milwaukee, Racine, Rhinelander, Superior, Wausau
• WV: Beckley, Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg, Wheeling
• WY: Casper, Cheyenne, Cody, Jackson, Lander, Laramie, Pinedale, Sheridan

NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW—MUELLER FIRING RAPID RESPONSE

Congress has the constitutional authority and obligation to hold the President accountable for this abuse of power. But we've seen the Republican Congress give him pass after pass every time he crosses another line. 
Should the President fire Rosenstein or Mueller, if that isn't the moment they put country over party to hold the President accountable, it's not clear whether it will ever happen. Let's show our lawmakers that we won't stand by while they allow Donald Trump to slide the US into authoritarianism. 
Join thousands across the country who are pledging to take the streets should Trump fire Mueller, demanding immediate action to hold the President accountable—click here to find an event near you!